A minisatellite polymorphism in intron III of the barramundi (Lates calcarifer) growth hormone gene

Genome

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 934-940

  Yowe, David L ^a,b   Epping, Ronald J ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

mutation; PCR; somatotropin; teleost fish; variable number tandem repeat; VNTR

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030266302     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g96-117     Document Type: Article

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